Umpah Point Climber's Log
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| cab | North Face  Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2013 | |
| Not quite as cool as Mopah, but still a worthwhile climb. The summit can be gained from the south via easy Class 3. | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2013 4:32 pm | ||
| mhengst | North Face Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011 | |
| Jack Kieffer and I led a Sierra Club DPS group of 11 participants up this after hitting Umpah. Had a bit of an issue following the route guide we'd brought along so we ended up picking something interesting looking and going for it. Some interesting bits of 3rd class and an all around beautiful day. Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewhengst/sets/72157625721289549/ | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2011 5:57 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Round 'Bout Date Climbed: May 2, 2010 | |
| Hiked in late Saturday with the wind blowing incredible flower fragrance in my face, ummmm. Spent a quiet night in the wash below the peak under a partial moon, and was awakened by the sound of a song bird rejoicing with the morning sun. Straight forward hiking up was soon interrupted by head-walls, ridges, and route finding questions. A frontal assault on the upper ramparts was repulsed (I'm a chicken s**t when I'm out here by myself). Not one to give up easily, a traverse around north and over to the west side granted access to the summit via easy scrambling. No summit register? Wind was a bit brisk all weekend thus keeping temps reasonable. | |
| Posted May 3, 2010 1:38 pm | ||
| jimegan | UMPAH PK Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2004 | |
| CLIMBED WITH ED | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 8:14 am | ||
| Dave Daly | Cat Scratch Fever! Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2007 | |
| An easy day with fun scrambling, while surrounded by the beauty of the desert and my wife Deb. The only crux encountered......"cat's claws"....rrrRRRREEEEOOOOWwwww!! Nice view of Castle Rock, which we later explored two days later. Disappointed that Castle Rock wasa mud pile with stones thrown in to keep the matrix from tumbling!! There is supposed to be a recorded ascent in 1970 of Castle Rock. Whoever did....they are flat out insane!!! | |
| Posted Feb 20, 2007 6:49 pm | ||
| Deb | Bright Sunshiny Day Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2007 | |
| Via East Ridge, my love and I had a wonderful easy day tagging Umpah with plenty of warm sunshine and gentle breeze. The crux of this climb was actually on the descent when a grumpy swarm of bees was encountered - no damage to equipment or injury to personnel. | |
| Posted Feb 20, 2007 4:55 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | Oom-pah-pah Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2006 | |
| Climbed with BW, Siberian, Dr Ed and NN. Some went from top of east ridge, around to N side of peak, and then S to summit; some went the traditional S way. Rock on N side is crumbly in places; route may look bad, but there is always a class 2-3 way -- keep looking, and be prepared to retrace your steps. Mopah/Umpah/OldWoman | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2006 9:08 pm | ||
| BranchWhitney | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2006 | |
| Perfect second peak after climbing Mopah. | ||
| Posted Apr 1, 2006 3:54 am | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: N face gully to upper east ridge Date Climbed: December 31, 2005 | |
| Not quite as sweet as Mopah, but a nice peak nonetheless. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2006 12:17 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2005 | |
| With Matthew, below. This turned out to be a relatively easy and straightforward day after two previous days of returning by headlamp. Trip Report | |
| Posted Dec 23, 2005 11:50 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2005 | |
| Fun scramble after tagging Mopah earlier in the morning. The crux on the east ridge was a short, awkward, loose class 4 chimney just below the summit. We found an easier class 3 bypass a bit to the south that avoided this on the descent. Climbed with Bob. This was day #3 of our four day tour of the Mojave desert--seven hours CTC, by far the earliest finish yet. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2005 11:47 am | ||
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